Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Save the Dolphins!

Help save the dolphins!! Dave Rastovich has started a fight to help save the dolphins. Here is a little bit of the interview that explains the info:
CAN YOU TELL US HOW THIS GOT STARTED AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?
Well, I've surfed with dolphins all my life and I've noticed the way people light up when they see dolphins ride waves and just be themselves. It's really special. And so, when I learned mass amounts of dolphins were being slaughtered by fishermen every year and saw the footage of the way they kill them, my decision to do something was instant -- I simply couldn't turn away and hope that 'someone else' would come to their defense. I see the grommets, you know, and I don't want any of them to miss out on the joy of surfing with cetaceans.

WHY HAS JAPAN BECOME A FOCAL POINT?
Japan's fishing industry is the primary pillager of the world's oceans -- the country makes up 3% of the world's population, but consumes 30% of the world's commercial seafood. Dolphins, we've learned, are 'harvested' in numbers of roughly 26,000 each year in Japan alone. Of course, the Japanese people are not to blame--they actually don't know much about it. The fisheries and government keep the media from telling the story in Japan. Which is bad news, because there's a health threat for the people as well. Recent tests have found the dolphin meat to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of Mercury and heavy metals. And yet, children throughout Japan are being fed this extremely poisonous meat as part of a government-assisted school lunch program. There's a lot more information at SaveJapanDolphins.com.


Check out the rest of the interview and information here with SurfLine. If you are interested in helping and signing the 'visual petition', go to this site. It will walk you through the steps. They ask you to print out a picture that they have and take a picture of you holding that image. After you have taken the shot, load it to their website and they will use the photos to help save the dolphins.

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